Showing posts with label the Beatles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Beatles. Show all posts

30 January 2022

The Beatles Last Stand

 On January 30th, 1969, The Beatles performed live on the rooftop of the Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Seville Row in Central London. 

Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and
George Harrison perform as Yoko Ono watches

Billy Preston joined them on electric piano. 

Billy Preston trying to stay warm in the corner

For some reason people complained and the police shut them down after 42 minutes. 

The Beatles Last Live Performance

Although Abbey Road had yet to be released this would be the last live performance of The Beatles. 

In 1987, U2 performed a similar stunt in Los Angeles to film a video for the song Where the Streets Have No Name. 


25 September 2021

The Beatles (TV series)


On Saturday morning September 25th, 1965 the Beatles animated television show debuted on ABC. 

The first television series to feature animated versions of real, living people. 




The Jetsons


Also on this date:

The Hammer Film Production of The Mummy premiered in 1959.